Mounds Brownies

These Mounds Brownies taste just like the candy bar. Start with a boxed brownie mix and end with a can of frosting, but the middle is totally homemade.

Somebody messed up. Really. What kind of marketing team sits back and takes a look at a Mounds Bar and an Almond Joy and calls the one with a mound on top of it Almond Joy? THERE’S A MOUND ON TOP OF THE ALMOND JOY!!!

I know- you are thinking I should really calm down about this. I’m not really that jazzed up about it but to tell the truth these are the things I sat around and thought about as a child. Even now as an adult I get the two candies confused. Now you know me a little better. Isn’t that nice?

I am also sharing this recipe over at Dixie Chik Cooks. I hope you’ll stop by and tell her hello too! I actually made this after being inspired from some Halloween candy lying around. We want you to fess up- do you have any leftover Halloween candy?

Random confession: I had to throw out Easter Candy the week before Halloween.

I guess the name coconut joy just didn't sound as good…lol, but you have a good point! Now I wish my wife would eat coconut, I do love it and those brownies look amazing!
Hope you and your family had a Happy Thanksgiving!

Can't wait to see what everyone will be whipping up next month!! 🙂 I want to lick the frosting so bad right now. Good thing I can't through my screen huh? 🙂 That'd be messy.
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I love coconut and am totally making these this weekend. We have a bar over here in Canada simply called "Coconut". It's to die for. Hard to find so I always snag a gazillion when I am in the city. Think I need a trip to the city. I find the whole Mounds and Almond Joy thing so weird. Makes zero sense. Looking forward to December. I love me some cookies.
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These sound yummy but I can't find unsweetened coconut & I've looked for it at 3 different stores so far! Could I use sweetened coconut instead or will it be too sweet if I do that? Any ideas where I can find some?

Hmm. That's a great question. (I'm glad you liked them!!) We didn't not refrigerate them however it does contain sweetened condensed milk which says to refrigerate after opening. I don't know! Let me put the question out to my facebook page and let's see what people say…

I refrigerated them just to be on the safe side, but either put them out in time so that they could come to room temperature or just warmed them up on defrost in the microwave for 30 seconds. And in goes without saying that they are delicious cold right out of the pan. If you did not refrigerate them, about how long did you have them out before they were all gone? Thanks for everything.

Problem. Making them right now. Can't find unsweetened coconut nor unsweetened condensed milk. So now I don't know what to do about the powdered sugar. Add or not? I went to a couple of stores. I found fat free condensed milk but not the unsweetened. HELP!

The recipe uses sweetened condensed milk so you're okay there. 🙂 A few other readers have left comments about not fibding unsweetened coconut. Some just omitted the powdered sugar while others reduced. Feel free to adjust the recipe to your taste. Good luck!

I think I am going to try this, only I am going to modify them just a bit. First I am going to freeze them after the coconut mixture is put on the brownies. Then once they are frozen I am going to cut them into squares and dip or drizzle them with tempered chocolate.

Hi Katrina, first time here from pinterest….just wanted to know how I can use fresh coconut as I live in the land of coconuts…and packet stuffs are almost unavailable…..so I cannot find coconut flakes here…..but there is plenty of fresh coconuts….any suggestions….love your space…and glad that I stumbled here…

Hi Nisa, I’m glad you’re here! I have never had the privilege of baking with fresh coconut so I’m sorry I can’t really offer any wisdom here. I would suggest shredding the coconut and squeezing out any excess coconut milk. From there you can sweeten to taste. Thanks again for stopping by! – Katrina

I made these but I have a problem!!! I did use the can of sweetened condensed milk, unsweetened coconut (which is in the freezer section, people!) and the powdered sugar. I made them Sunday and followed the directions – I promise I did!! The problem is even in my refrigerator they are a liquidy gooey mess. DELICIOUS, but the condensed milk, coconut mixture is still very liquid. Mind you, this has NOT, I repeat NOT kept us from eating them; they just require a spoon!! Any suggestions? Am I the only one this happened to????

These are so timely! My husband bought some coconut M&Ms the other day as an incentive for my little one to night potty train. He keeps sneaking them (my husband) and I caught him at it. He said how much he loves mounds and I promised to make him a low carb version. But now I am thinking I should make mounds brownies instead!

Hmm. I’m not sure. I think the opposite is usually the problem- it can be gooey. Perhaps try adding more milk, or less coconut? I have tested this recipe many times and never had that happen. I’m sorry!

My daughter & I made these last night. She has just finished school & we decided that now would be a perfect time to sample them.
I have to say that these have earned a place in my “Favorite Recipes” box. They are simply incredible. The middle coconut layer really tastes like you scraped out the center of a Mounds Bar. I’m so impressed & will definitely have to limit how often I make these, because I feel like I could gobble up the whole batch! Lol. Thanks! 🙂

Get out of town!! My eyes glazed over when I saw this! Both elated and dismayed, haha. And Cadbury Cream Cookie Cups–are you trying to kill me with my favorite candies? Thank you for sharing! (I think!)

These look awesome. We love brownies and coconut. I will be making these as soon as I get to the store for ingredients. Only change I will make is the frosting, we do not like canned frosting at all so will have to make some homemade. Thanks for sharing such a yummy looking recipe.

I love thesr but I add one more ingredient to the brownies and coconut and that ingredient was crushed up almonds cause I love almond joy’s so I made Almond Joy Brownies so thank you for the great recipe and everyone at work loved them for our desert swap

I think you could also do well using a ganache dark chocolate with this over the top of the coconut. Just a thought. Looks great though. I love the mounds candy bars but don’t care to much for the almond joy unless nut is removed…lol.

Hello, Katrina… a really fab (and classic) combo. (I may have to “Almond Joy-ify” these – with rows of almonds under the icing – when I do give them a whirl. (And I’ll definitely “go ganache” on top.))
Am curious whether you’ve played with the coconut filling since developing your initial recipe. The idea of sweetened coconut, sweetened condensed milk AND powered sugar has me thinking twice, and I did see at least one other comment to this effect. (Please forgive my not reviewing the entire comment history for previous responses on this point.)
Thanks… best to you!

Since mounds are dark chocolate, I used Hershey’s dark chocolate frosting!! Stuck with the fudge brownie, but did consider the dark chocolate brownie also! Must confess, I snitched a corner before it was completely cooled and set! YUM!!

My daughter made these for me for Fathers Day. So good, I’m in love again. Can’t wait to put almonds under the icing and have Almond Joy brownies because we all know “Almond Joy ‘s got nuts Mounds don’t “. Thanks for postin the recipe, I now have another favorite request on my special request days.

Katrina, I’m confused. Your photo attachment shows sweetened coconut, but everyone is looking for unsweetened in the stores, Which one does thus yummy looking dessert call for… Sweetened or unsweetened? Thanks for answering, making for a birthday party this week for a Mounds lover.
Diane

Hi, I was wondering if I can make these the day before I need them? (if so should they be refrigerated due to the sweetened condensed milk or left out on the counter over night?… or should I make them the day of? Thank you.